The worst time in history for entrepreneurship….or the best?
By Javier Megias, renowned speaker, expert in business models and startups committed to changing the world. He is the author of the blog http://www.javiermegias.com, which has been named the 2011 best business blog in Spanish by the Premios Bitacoras.com We are living in difficult times: pessimism floods the streets and inhibits consumption, and taken together with the difficulty of obtaining funding makes starting any business venture a tough challenge. But, this is also an extraordinary moment for entrepreneurship and I […]
SXSW: Meet gutsy woman and entrepreneur Ashley Woodruff
One of the best things about SXSW, is getting the chance to talk to strangers who have great stories to tell. Ashley Woodruff is that kind of person: only 23 years old, she knows what she wants and has known so since her first invention at age 7, a “bug vacuum” to protect bugs while cleaning. An entrepreneur at heart, she has now even greater projects in mind: an incubator for entrepreneurs in New-York City, called InnoHouse, where five roommates […]
We were at SXSW 2012! StartupBusTV and more epic times
It was a first time for Viadeo at the biggest tech event of the year, South By Southwest. Sponsoring StartupBus TV, along with Live-U, Tropo and The Next Web, we were able to meet some of the most promising entrepreneurs of tomorrow, and providing you readers with a live stream of some of the best events. Many laughs, beautiful encounters and stressful moments, with a result of 16 live shows, more than 100,000 views and being featured on the front […]
SXSW live: watch the StartupBus teams sharpen their pitches live at Rackspace HQ!
Viadeo/Entrepreneurs You’re not at SXSW 2012, the biggest tech event of the year? Not a problem, the Viadeo Blog will be giving you access to the best events and parties LIVE thanks to Hermione Way and her crew, featured on The Next Web and Ustream! StartupBus.tv follows the 11 “tribes” as they call it, that had the difficult but exciting task to launch a startup on their ride to Austin. They made it – what now? They will be judged […]
Launch a startup in 72 hours on a bus ride to Austin’s SXSW!
Want to launch a startup? Want to road trip across the United-States? Or just looking for updates on the coolest hackathon of the year? Find out more here about StartupBus 2012! Viadeo is a proud sponsor of StartupBus TV 2012 and will also be broadcasting live from the biggest tech event of all, South by Southwest 2012 edition, along with tech star Hermione Way and her Newspepper crew! StartupBus, founded by young entrepreneur Elias Bizannes, started in Europe a few years […]
The Pitch 2010 – takeaways from “Marketing, Advertising and PR on a shoestring”
The Pitch 2010 event on Tuesday was defined by the wealth of practical advice from professionals in industries relevant to the entrepreneurs in attendance. The discussion about publicity on a shoestring was certainly well received. Here are some takeaways from the session given by Paula Gardner, the founder of Do your own PR and Sokratis Papafloratos, one of the founders of TrustedPlaces and the current Head of the Social Products team at Yell. TALKING TO JOURNALISTS… The key is research and developing real […]
The Positive Side of Mistakes
Normally we talk about success and positive things, and it is a very easy thing to do. However, when the editor of Economic Times asked me to talk about mistakes, it became hard to think and talk about as it is negative in nature. So here I am trying to do justice to the topic. It is passion that drives a person to run his business. The self belief and the business acumen of a person make him a successful […]
“Ten easy ways to murder a business”
Luke Johnson, perhaps best known for his involvement in the growth and flotation of Pizza Express, currently writes a weekly column on entrepreneurship for the Financial Times. His current article – written in his typically direct and readable style – is called Ten easy ways to murder a business and was inspired by Jay Goltz’s blog post, Eleven Easy Ways to Destroy Your Company. Johnson has the humility to concede in his article that he has in the past backed […]
